Renee, Congratulations to all who were involved in this effort. You tell an inspiring story. Naomi Bar-Yam On Feb 4, 2007, at 12:02 AM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote: > The work to protect breastfeeding from the commercial pressures to = > artificially feed is very difficult. The meetings to determine which = > formula company gets the contract have historically been held in > secret = > with no staff input. The purchasing agent at a hospital told me > that the = > formula negotiations were a "blood bath" with each company trying > to out = > do the other. Hospital are strapped for funds but when their > unethical = > relationship with the companies are exposed, (and how this impacts = > health) they will hopefully do the right thing. ------------------------------------------ Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D. Mothers' Milk Bank of New England [log in to unmask] 617-964-6676 ------------------------------------------ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html